If you’re looking for some inspiration to sit yourself down and set words to paper (or screen), these images of women authors at their writing desks (posed though they are) might just do the trick.

A famous quote goes something like: “The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.” Attributed to Mary Heaton Vorse, variations of it have been credited to (mostly male) authors from Ernest Hemingway to Kingsley Amis. Read More→